A FAMILY man who was last seen walking towards Blaby has been reported missing.

Leicestershire Police are concerned for the welfare of Mark Edwards, 37, who was currently living in Hillsborough Close, Glen Parva.

He was reported missing by his family on Friday June 30 after he failed to return home and was last seen by a family friend at 3.30pm the same day walking towards Blaby.

Mark is 6ft 1ins tall, of slim build, with short light brown hair and stubble on his face. He was last seen wearing a black Nike hooded top, dark blue jeans and black Nike Airmax trainers. He was carrying a black rucksack.

PC 4165 Andrew Morley is carrying out enquiries into Mark’s disappearance, he said: “We and Mark’s family are concerned for his welfare, he’s never been missing before and this is extremely out of character.

“If you have seen Mark since last Friday (30 June) or you recognise his photograph and believe you may know where he is please get in touch.”

Anyone with any information is asked to contact 101, quoting incident 712 of 30 June.